SuppVersity - Nutrition and Exercise Science for Everyone: Laser Acupuncture as a Valuable Adjunct to Diet & ...: Laser "needles" may help you lose superfluous body weight. Is it possible that the application of acupuncture by the means of ...
What I still would like to know is how exactly the laser
acupuncture therapy contributed to the improvements in body composition
and glucose control. While we do know from previous studies that classic
acupuncture therapy significantly reduces BMI and abdominal fat by
reducing the abdominal visceral adipose tissue content (Zhang. 2011).
What we don't know for either classic TCM or laser acupuncture, though, is how the
improvements in body composition and metabolic complications are
achieved and thus whether similar effects may occur in metabolically
healthy individuals like you and me.
Zhang et al. for example speculated that acupuncture would increase
excitability of the satiety center of the ventromedial nucleus of the
hypothalamus, so as to control the excessive appetite. In the study at
hand, however, the rigid dietary control renders this argument void
(this assumes that the subjects did not lie about their food intake).
This leaves us with potential effects on the inner organs - more
specifically the spleen, stomach, and kidney which are traditionally
targeted by TCM acupuncturists | Comment on Facebook!
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